Chapter 10:
Brick POV:
Well my brothers and I were walking back to the school parking lot. We were all confused of why Buttercup acted so defensive towards Boomer's question. We reached the parking lot and my bros and I get on the bikes.
"Didn't you guys find it suspicious?" Butch says while getting on his bike.
"Yeah she got really mad and defensive." Blaze says while starting his bike.
"Yeah man, did you see the faces of her sisters? Especially Bubbles and Bunny's. They had looked like as if they had seen a ghost." Boomer says, who is already on his bike.
"Come on guys, let's had home. We will talk about this at home with mom, dad and Mason." I say to them and we take off. We were riding on or way and stopped at the red light. I look around glance at the plaza we walked by with the girls. I was surprised with what I saw. Blossom was working at Rick's restaurant with Rex as a service dog. Then I was snapped out of my thoughts when a car horned behind me so I started to ride off.
We arrived home. It wasn't a long ride. Only 15 minutes. We lived quite close to the school, not far.
"We're home!" Boomer yells, while he places his bike keys and helmet on the round table in the corner. Butch and Blaze do the same thing and so do I.
"Welcome home boys! Go to your rooms and wash up, food is almost ready." Mom says and we nodded.
I go upstairs and walk towards my room and enter. I got to my bathroom and wash my face and hands. After that I go to my closet and find something comfortable to wear. I grab a pair of red sweatpants, plain white shirt, but still keep my red cap on. I walk out of my room and see my brothers. Butch was wearing forest green sweatpants, with a black tang top that said 'Cool off' is bold green letters. Blaze was wearing dark grape purple sweatpants, with a white t-shirt, and Boomer was cyan sweatpants, with a plain white shirt.
"Ready Brick?" Boomer asks me.
"Yeah. Let's go." I say to him, and my brothers and I head downstairs.
We go downstairs and go to the dining table. The food was laid out. There was roasted whole chicken, salad with; carrots, cucumbers, and tomato's. There was also, white rice, water, and 3 bottles of Pepsi. My brothers and I sat down in our chairs. To my left was Boomer and dad, in front of me was Blaze and to his left was Mason, to his right was Butch. Mom was at the end of the table and Mason was at the other end. We started to dig in and eat.
"So how did school go boys?" Dad asks us.
"It wasn't bad, but it was suspicious." Blaze says before taking a big bite of food in his mouth.
"Why is that?" mom asks.
"Well you see. We meet these four girls and they are sisters. Each one of them is in our classes, all of them. They are really quiet and independent especially their two young sisters. They barely talk." Butch says after swallowing the food in his mouth.
"Yeah, but I Bunny is more than her sisters. Bubbles manages to speak a little" Boomer says, before taking a dink of water from his glass.
"Who is Bunny?" Mason asks.
"Who is Bubbles?" said Mom asks in a curious tone.
"Oh, well Bubbles is the youngest of her sisters, like how Boomer is like our youngest brother. Bunny is the second youngest like how Blaze is. Buttercup is the second eldest like how Butch is in our family, and Blossom is the eldest from her sisters like how I am from my brothers." I say to clarify the confusion.
"Which ones are in your classes?" Mom asks my brothers and I.
"Blossom is in all my classes." I say to her while taking a drink of water from my class.
"Buttercup is in all my classes." Butch says while pouring Pepsi in his glass.
"Bunny is in mine." Blaze says after drinking Pepsi from his glass.
"Bubbles is in mine." Boomer says, after swallowing the food in his mouth.
"You boys said good and strange. What was the strange part?" dad asks us curiously.
"Well we are not sure, but I think the strange part is that they get picked on a lot. You see… Bunny and Bubbles were bullied today; Boomer and I took the stand. Which surprised them. Strangely." Blaze says since he was done eating, but remained in his chair.
"I think it was strange for them because they hangout with each other, protect each, only rely on each other to stay safe and away from others." Mason says, surprising us all.
"How do you figure that?" Butch says, since he was also done eating. But by now we all were.
"You said they got bullied, remain quiet. I took a guess." Mason says.
"But I think the main reason is because they are lonely. And we know how that feels" he adds on with his eyes looking down on the table. We all understood that.
Blossoms POV:
Buttercup had dragged us out of there. At one point I was happy, but at the same time I was not.
"Buttercup, that wasn't nice." Bubbles says to her.
"Well, sorry but we can't have them know where we live. For our own safety." Buttercup says back to Bubbles.
"Guys we can talk about this later. Right now Buttercup you and I have to go to work. Bunny, Bubbles you have to clean up here and remember to feed the dogs and take them for a walk." I instruct them.
"Ookie dookie!" Bubbles says.
"Yes sir." Bunny says with sarcasm, and doing a salute, which causes us all to laugh.
"Ok well, were off, keep each other safe we will be back soon." I say, and we do I tight hug before leaving.
"Bye!" Bunny and Bubbles say.
"Bye!" Buttercup and I say.
Brick POV:
Soon after eating my brothers and I got up and headed to game room on the second floor. We told mom he finished our work at school, thus no homework. We were now in the game room. The walls were painted shades of black. One of the walls had graffiti, which Boomer did to liven things up. Normally mom and dad would have been mad about this. Instead they let it slide since they figured it was a nice touch to the room. In the game room we had a pool table, PS4, PS4 games, Wii, Wii fit and its games, Snack machines, a 100'' HD Sony T.V, DVD player with many movies of so many different types, red couch, green beanbags, a Nintendo DS, PSP, and Gameboy.
"Do you think it is true?" Boomer ask us, blue playing with his blue Gameboy
"What?" I ask him, while slouching on the red couch.
"You know what Mason said, about the girls being lonely." Boomer says looking up from his Gameboy to me.
"I don't know Boom, but it seems kinda true." I say to him, sitting up from slouching.
"I think it is. I say this because of the way Bunny has been acting." Blaze says while Call of Duty with Butch.
"What do you mean?" I ask him, and now all my brothers (expect Blaze of course) look at him strangely.
"Well all day today during class she stays quiet not doesn't talk to anyone. I managed to talk to her a little but that's it. Even at the park today while playing with Spike. I asked her again why don't you talk, and she says the same thing, 'I am a quiet person.' When I know she is not." Blaze says and then pauses the game. By now, my brothers and I are gathered. Butch and Blaze are sitting on the beanbags, while Boomer and I are sitting on the couch.
"I got an idea." I say to them.
"What is it?" Butch asks me.
"You see, on our way back home from school, I saw Blossom working at Rick's Restaurant with her dog Rex as a service dog. You guys wait outside and I will go in and talk to her. But it won't be easy." I say
"Why not?" Boomer asks me
"Because Boomer, we have hardly known them for a day only a few hours. We may look like stalkers to them. It would probably make them uncomfortable. We have to approach them in a decent way so it won't look we are stocking them. I will go inside the restaurant, Butch you will walk around the plaza, Blaze and Boomer you two will look after our bikes so people around us won't get suspicious."
"Sounds good. I'm in." Butch says while getting up from his beanbag.
"Me to." Blaze says.
" I am in as well." Boomer says.
"Alright, it is already 4:00 p.m., we should get going" I say.
The four of us headed downstairs, explained the to our parents on where and what we are doing and they agreed on letting us do it. They said if we needed any assistance, call or text them. Before leaving my brothers and I changed into our clothes from this morning, grabbed our bike helmets and keys and headed out.